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'Not much' RBA can do about short-term inflation woes: Hauser

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2026
... reliant on imports for oil, and we are the highest user of diesel per capita in the world," he said. "So, this is a big real income shock for Australia, even if national income and the fiscal coffers may benefit from that net export position." Hauser ...

Australian economy in 'very good place': RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Michele Bullock has told a parliamentary inquiry the Australian economy is in a good position, with inflation within the board's target range of between 2-3%. Bullock said the central bank is pleased to see inflation ...

Martin Currie adds to active ETF stable

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... in local and global real asset securities, was admitted on the ASX today under the ticker R3AL. The Martin Currie Real Income Fund - Active ETF aims to provide a pre-tax income yield above the S&P/ASX 200 Index's yield and to grow this income above ...

Chalmers defends budget deficits in MYEFO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has called his government's mid-year economic fiscal outlook (MYEFO) a "responsible set of books" despite major budget deficits likely to continue for a decade. The MYEFO forecasted a budget deficit of $26.9 billion for 2024-25 ...

Betashares terminates nine funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
... Metaverse ETF (MTAV), Betashares Martin Currie Equity Income Fund (managed fund) (EINC), and Betashares Martin Currie Real Income Fund (managed fund) (RINC). Investors in the funds, which will close on 17 January 2025, will have two options: they can ...

ECB cuts rates for second time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
The European Central Bank (ECB) dropped interest rates to 3.5%, the second time it's cut by 0.25% this year. The bank lowered rates on the back of inflation data that met its outlook. It anticipates headline inflation to average 2.5% in 2024, 2.2% in ...

Chalmers expected to deliver Budget surplus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is expected to deliver a surplus in the upcoming Federal Budget, but he warned iron ore prices and a softening labour market put a dent in how large it will be. Speaking at an event for the Committee for Economic Development of ...

Cash rate unchanged at 4.35%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the cash rate unchanged at 4.35% on the back of positive inflation data in its first meeting for 2024. Despite inflation registering at 4.1% for the month of December, down from a peak of 7.8% one year prior ...

Government reports improved fiscal outlook

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2023
The federal government has released its 2023-24 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO), revealing a deficit reduction of $1.1 billion, an improvement of $12.8 billion from earlier projections. Since the last election, the government has identified ...

Interest rates on hold as RBA pauses

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
In its final decision of the year, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept interest rates unchanged at 4.35%. The decision to hold spares borrowers a sixth interest rate rise in 2023, following a 25 basis point increase at its previous meeting in November. ...
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